Climate averages 1991–2020
Murfreesboro weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Murfreesboro: daytime highs average 15.5°C and nights cool to about 5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 133 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Franklin (44 km away). In March its highs average 15.4°C, about as warm as Murfreesboro, with 127 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Murfreesboro ranks 262nd of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 474th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Murfreesboro is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 20.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 133 mm to 124 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Murfreesboro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.4°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 114 | 10.2 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.9°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 122 | 10.5 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 15.5°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 133 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 124 | 10.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.3°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 120 | 12.1 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 108 | 13.0 | 14.515 h |
| July | 31.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 112 | 13.0 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 85 | 11.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 27.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 85 | 8.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.8°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 86 | 8.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.9°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 100 | 8.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.0°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 130 | 10.7 | 9.810 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Franklin in MarchUnited States · 44 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 5.3°C · 127 mm rain
- Nashville in MarchUnited States · 50 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 4.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Clarksville in MarchUnited States · 116 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 4.9°C · 124 mm rain
- Huntsville in MarchUnited States · 125 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 6.2°C · 145 mm rain
- Chattanooga in MarchUnited States · 132 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.6°C · 133 mm rain
- East Chattanooga in MarchUnited States · 135 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.4°C · 133 mm rain
- Knoxville in MarchUnited States · 223 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 4.2°C · 123 mm rain
- Evansville in MarchUnited States · 258 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.6°C · 111 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Murfreesboro) is explained once on the Murfreesboro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.